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I made this card back in May to celebrate my daughter’s graduation. She’ll be a high school freshman next week (eek!)

I LOVE Mama Elephant and particularly their character stamps. This card uses an image using the Tiny Heroes stamp and die set on a background using a die from Landscape Trio. The background was created using shades of blue Distress Inks. I then splattered water and added a little sparkle using a gold glitter pen. The heat and embossed sentiment is from the Hero Arts set, Dare to Dream.

I don’t often use my Copic Markers because I’m still not confident in my blending techniques. But I’m happy I did w/ this little supergal. Her facial tone was colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I added Wink of Stella Clear to the die which was cut multiple times to add dimension.

It’s been raining (too long) where I am. But I’m not complaining. It’s the weekend and school is out! I’m finally catching up with a few cards earlier in the year.

Posting a birthday card I made back in February.

I’m going to keep this short. For this card I watercolored this cute little elephant from Mama Elephant Ella and Friends. The background is colored with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I added Glossy Accents to the bubbles for some dimension and shine. The hill that Ella is standing on is cut from the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio die set. I stamped small flowers from a Penny Black set for some interest rather than just plain green.

Every year I make a card for my daughter at the start of school. It’s her last year of Middle School (yikes!) and I wanted to make her something special and meaningful. I kinda surprise her with it and hide it in her backpack the night before the first day. I “try” not to mention it to her hoping it will be a happy surprise for her.

Time was ticking when I made this card and I had no inspiration until I saw Nichol’s card. I’ll be honest, I wanted to use the bunny from Mama Elephant’s Up and Away and her card was exactly what I was looking for. The layout is pretty much the same but I used the vellum as clouds rather than cardstock. Thank’s to Nichol’s inspiration I completed the card right on time and was very happy with the outcome.

My daughter’s birthday was a few weeks ago. We’ve got a teenager in the house!

I always try to make a fun card for her to include in her presents. Shaker cards were all the rage last year, that I decided to try it myself. Quite honestly, I found it more difficult to center it properly. But I managed to adhere the acetate correctly with the rest of the card!

It was super fun to make. I love this collaboration set by Simon Says Stamp and Mama Elephant. The sentiments were both from Technique Tuesday and Hero Arts. And I just love the stitched die sets from Simon Says Stamp. The stitching just adds something to the card and I love it!

I love so many aspects of the image: her long flowing hair, the flowers in her hair and her wings – my favorite.

I wanted to use watercolor on this Mimi. I stamped and embossed the image on Bristol paper. Her wings were the first that I wanted to color. They reminded me of a pattern you would see on a Tiffany lamp. I pressed Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters and Tattered Rose Distress Ink on a craft sheet and use these colors as my palette. The outside center was colored with a bronze colored pearlescent watercolor. Once I finished her wings, I colored the rest of Mimi, fussy cut her and set her aside.

For the background, I decided to add Tumbled Glass to the front of my cardbase and then added random stars using the Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil. The colors I used for the stars were Broken China and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. I then created hills using Landscape Trio from Mama Elephant.

The hills were adhered to my cardbase. I then added Mimi with dimensional foam. Finally, I stamped a sentiment from Paper Smooches Joyful Greetings and added more shine to Mimi’s want using a gold WInk of Stella Pen.